World Health Organization (WHO) Vacancy for a National Surveillance Officer/State Coordinator
World Health Organization (WHO) is the directing and
coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It
is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters,
shaping
the health research agenda, setting norms and standards,
articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support
to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.
Job Title: National Surveillance Officer/State Coordinator
Objectives of the Programme
- The objective of the EPI programme is to support national
authorities to provide high quality immunization services that will
contribute to (a) the reduction of mortality, morbidity and disability
from vaccine preventable diseases through the optimum use of available
and new vaccines and (b) the strengthening of national health systems as
well as efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
Description of Duties Under the overall
supervision of the WHO Country Representative, and direct supervision of
EPI Team Leader, the incumbent coordinates WHO's technical,
programmatic and managerial activities at State level. He/she supports
State authorities, partners and other appropriate stake-holders in the
following specific tasks:
- Support timely preparation of State EPI/PEI (Polio Eradication,
Routine Immunization and other accelerated control of vaccine
preventable diseases) annual work-plans in line with national plans.
- Advocate for and participate in weekly coordination meetings of the
State Technical Team to monitor implementation of priority EPI/PEI
activities as articulately in the State EPI/PE state plans.
- Conduct weekly in-house coordination meetings and follow up priority actions for follow up.
- Collaborate closely with other partners in the state (CDC, UNICEF,
Rotary...) through joint participation in meetings with State officials
and other stake-holders (State team meetings, State Task Force meetings,
State EOC or Operations Room meetings...etc) as well as in partner
meetings as may be required.
- Ensure timely sharing of activity reports and or plans of activities
to be supported by WHO with state authorities, partners and other
relevant stake-holders in the state.
- To undertake at least 2-3 supportive supervision of WHO personnel supporting high risk or poor performing LGAs.
- Ensure quarterly performance appraisals of all WHO personnel in the State. Cross Cutting Tasks
- Support training and capacity building of State, LGA staff as well
as all WHO personnel (Cluster consultants, LGA Facilitators, Field
Volunteers).
- Implement administrative, financial, security and office operations
responsibilities in line with laid down WHO rules and regulations.
- Provide any support as requested by WHO Zonal Coordinator, EPI TL and/or WHO Representative.
- Advocate for and participate in monthly State Inter-agency
Coordination Committee or State Immunization Task Force meetings to
review implementation of priority EPI/PEI activities and EPI/PEI
performance indicators.
- Support timely (a) collection of all EPI/PEI data (RI data, SIA
dashboard data, Abuja commitments data, surveillance data, PEI
accountability framework data....etc), (b) use of EPI/PEI data for
action and (c) feed-forward to zonal and national level.
- Ensure regular updating of State EPI/PEI plans to incorporate
technical recommendations from ERC meetings, programme reviews including
Rapid Surveillance Assessments (RSAs), national EOC...etc
- Collate monthly review reports from all clusters and compile a monthly state EPI/PEI review report.
- Ensure that all WHO personnel (Cluster consultants, LGA
Facilitators, Field Volunteers) prepare (a) weekly work-plans in line
with State EPI/PEI work-plans and priorities and (b) weekly reports of
implementation of their weekly work-plans at the end of each week
Required Qualifications Education:
- Essential: University degree in public health, medicine or other relevant field
- Desirable: Post Graduate training in public health or epidemiology from recognized academic institution.
Skills:
- Ability to work effectively with colleagues at national and international levels;
- Ability to provide leadership, monitor progress and design studies;
- Fully conversant in word-processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, epidemiological (Epiifo) and mapping software.
Competencies: Functional (Describe the competencies specific to the post)
- Producing results;
- Fostering integration and teamwork;
- Ensuring the effective use of resources;
- Building and promoting partnerships across the organization and beyond;
- Promoting WHO's position in health leadership
Experience:
- Essential: At least five years public health experience and two
years field experience in planning, training and implementation of SIAs
- Desirable: Technical expertise in public health, epidemiology, disease control and immunization
Languages:
- Essential: Excellent knowledge of English
- Desirable: Knowledge of the other UN languages
Additional Information:
- WHO offers an attractive compensation package including an annual
net salary (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions
and health insurance), dependency benefits, pension plan, health
insurance scheme, and 30 days annual leave.
- Annual salary: (Net of tax) at single rate
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should
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Note:
- "In the event that your candidature is retained for an
interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy
of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position.
- WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from
an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education
Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of
Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO).
- The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/.
Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and these will
be reviewed individually".
- Candidates will be contacted only if they are under serious consideration.